姜太公钓鱼,愿者上钩

jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu

Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose

姜

jiāng

ginger

太

tài

highest

公

gōng

public

钓

diào

to fish with a hook and line; to angle

鱼

yú

fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])

,

,

愿

yuàn

(bound form) wish; hope; desire

者

zhě

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...

上

shàng

(bound form) up; upper; above; previous

钩

gōu

variant of 鉤|钩[gou1]